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Patented Apr 1, 1884.

INVENTOR:

ATTORNEY-S.

- UNITED STKTES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY w. MATTONI, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB TO BAWO a norrnn,

or SAME PLACE.

SAMPLE TRUNK OR CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 296,030, dated April 1, 1884.

Application filed February 6,1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

I Be it known that I, HENRY W. MATTONI of the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sample Trunks and Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the body of a trunk and its tray, to which my improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a part of the same, the end of one tray being shown in side view and the end of the other in section.

The object of this invention is to prevent samples of glass and china ware and other frag- '2o ile articles from being broken during transportation.

The invention consists in a sample trunk or case provided with stop-springs interposed between the body of the said trunk or case and its tray, to keep the said tray in place and protect it against sudden jars. The stopsprings may be arched metal springs attached at their ends to the ends of the tray, with their bends resting against the body of the trunkor case; or the metal springs can be re-enforced by rubber springs interposed between the bends of the said metal springs and the said tray, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents the body of a sample trunk or case, and B are the trays placed within the said trunk or case to contain the samples. To the ends and sides of each tray B, near its corners, are attached arched metal springs O, the ends of which are preferablymade with cross-heads to receive the nails or screws that fasten the said ends to the said tray. The ends of the springs G are secured to the tray B at such a distance apart that the bends of the said springs will rest against the ends and sides of the trunk-body A, so as to hold the said tray from shaking about, and prevent the contents of the tray from being broken should the trunk receive a sudden jar. The arched metal springs O can be re-enforced by small blocks of rubber, D, placed between the middle parts of the said springs O and the tray, as shown in Fig. 2, and kept in place by lugs E, formed upon the side edges of the middle parts of the said springs G, or by pins attached to the said metal springs or the tray, and projecting into the rubber springs. The

rubber springs D make the metal springs O "tiallyas herein shown and described, whereby the said tray is kept in place and protected against sudden jars, as set forth.

3. In a sample trunk or case, the combination, with the trunk or case body A, its tray B, and the arched metal springs O, of the reenforcing rubber springs D, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said metal springs are strengthened against sudden jars, as setforth.

' HENRY XV. MATTONI. Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, EDGAR TATE. 

